Search our database of all past CCSS grantees, fellows, collaborative projects, and working group grants.
First Name | Last Name | Department / School | Project Title | Abstract/Impact Statement | Year | Semester | PI/Co-PI | College | Grant Type Sort descending |
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Qi | Wang | Human Development | Cultural differences in event perception: Neurophysiological measures and developmental origins | 2021 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant | |
Brian | Wansink | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | The Impact of Social Eating Patterns on Workplace Productivity and Organizational Commitment: Initiating a Program of Firefighter Research | This field-based research yielded the most-read article in the journal, _Human Performance_ (doi: 10.1080/08959285.2015.1021049) and popular write-ups including a feature-story in _Harvard Business Review_ (December 2015 issue). | 2010 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | ccss grant |
Steven | Ward | Government | Status and the Politics of National Decline | Research has been delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. I plan to complete the funded research by next summer. | 2018 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Mildred | Warner | City and Regional Planning | State level COVID-19 Policies: Economics, Equity and Health | 2020 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | ccss grant | |
Mildred | Warner | City and Regional Planning | Understanding the Impact of Austerity on New York's Local Governments | This research was presented at state and national conferences and published in 2019 in Environment and Planning A. "Austerity Coalitions or Pragmatic Municipalism? Local Responses to Austerity in New York State,”. | 2016 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | ccss grant |
Heidi | Waterfall | Psychology | Structures of Social Interaction in Language Acquisition | 2006 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Kim | Weeden | Sociology | A New Social Indicators Framework for Measuring Trends in Inequality | 2005 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Kim | Weeden | Sociology | Work Hours and Gender Inequality in Earnings Across Countries | 2021 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Jessica | Weeks | Government | Authoritarin Domestic Political Institutions and International Conflict | 2010 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Jessica | Weeks | Government | Authoritarian Domestic Political Institutions and International Conflict | 2008 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Robert | Weiner | Government | Strategy and Sincerity in Democratic Party Systems | 2005 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Jessica Chen | Weiss | Government | Citizens and the State in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing Mass Politics and Policy in Russia and China | The edited volume that emerged from the workshop was published this year by Oxford University Press, titled: Citizens & the State in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing Russia & China. |
2015 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Marina | Welker | Anthropology | An Ethnography of the Sampoerna Clove Cigarette Company | 2014 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Marina | Welker | Anthropology | Ethical Technologies of Corporate Rule: A Mining Company in Postauthoritarian Indonesia | The grant contributed to my book, “Enacting the Corporation: An American Mining Firm in Postauthoritarian Indonesia” (University of California Press, 2014), which is based on two years of ethnographic research on a Denver-based mining firm and its Indonesian operation. | 2011 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Martin | Wells | Statistical Science | The Cornell Criminal Records Panel Survey (CCRPS): Sample Expansion and Linkage to Administrative Records | This grant supported participant recruitment for the CCRPS, as well as coding of administrative data. This helped us to gain funding from the Department of Labor for the development and fielding of the Wave 2 survey (EO-30278-17-60-5-36; $244,603). | 2016 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Olivia Xin | Wen | Psychology | Social Affiliation and Music-Induced Synchrony in Dance | Prior support led to 1 paper and two papers in preparation, 2 pop press pieces, 2 chaired symposia, and 3 posters (awarded the SPSP Student Poster Award (1st place). | 2016 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development | State level COVID-19 Policies: Economics, Equity and Health | 2020 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant | |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development | Chronic Pain, Stress, and Resilience in Later Adulthood | Led to one journal publication, one book chapter, and a conference presentation. | 2007 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development, Sociology | The Second Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference: Improving the State of Americans | A book was published based on the conference: Wethington, Elaine and Rachel Dunifon. 2012. Research for the Public Good: Applying the Methods of Translational Research to Improve Human Health and Well Being. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. |
2009 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant |
Elaine | Wethington | Human Development, Sociology | Marriage and Re-partnering in the Second Half of Life | This project contributed to multiple papers and chapters on the potential contributions of ageism to social isolation and loneliness among older adults and its impact on health. | 2014 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology, Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
John | Whitman | Linguistics | Rice and Language Across Asia: Crops, Movement and Social Change | This ISS grant helped fund a major interdisciplinary conference held at Cornell, on the deep history of rice and migrations in Asia, coinciding with a co-taught class. It was partially published as a special double issue of the journal Rice (ISSN 1939-8425), 2011 | 2011 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Christopher | Wildeman | Policy Analysis and Management | The Fifth Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference- Minimizing the Collateral Damage: Interventions to Diminish the Consequences of Mass Incarceration for Children | This interdisciplinary conference, focused on impacts of parental incarceration, led to the publication of a book: Wildeman, Christopher, Anna R. Haskins and Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, Eds. 2018. _When Parents Are Incarcerated: Interdisciplinary Research and Interventions to Support Children_ Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. | 2016 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant |
Christopher | Wildeman | Policy Analysis and Management | Paternal Incarceration and Teachers’ Expectations of Students | 2014 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant | |
Andrew | Willford | Anthropology | Rights to the Forest: Impacts of Governance Changes on Health, Nutrition and Livelihoods | 2013 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Christopher | Wlezien | Conference on Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in Public Opinion | This conference led to the edited volume, Who Gets Represented? (Enns and Wlezien 2011). | 2007 | Fall | Co-PI | Temple University | ccss grant | |
Steven | Wolf | Natural Resources | Workshop on Projectification, Governance and Sustainability: US-EU Synthesis and Comparison | This funding supported sustained engagement with University of Helsinki around questions of short-term organizational forms in environmental governance. Publications include “Toward projectified environmental governance?” 2017. Environment and Planning A. 49(2):273-292 and “Short-termism and Sustainability: Changing Time-frames in Spatial Policy Interventions” (eds. S. Sjöblom et al.). 2012. Ashgate | 2006 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ccss grant |
Steven | Wolf | Natural Resources | Rights to the Forest: Impacts of Governance Changes on Health, Nutrition and Livelihoods | 2013 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ccss grant | |
Sarah E. | Wolfolds | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Employee Incentives in Microfinance Institutions:Examining the Importance of Diversification and Profit Status | The survey was included in a paper awarded the Charles H. Levine Best Conference Paper from the Public and Nonprofit Division, presented at the Academy of Management in Chicago in August 2018. Follow-up grants were awarded to continue this project, and further publications are pending. | 2016 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | ccss grant |
Wendy | Wolford | Development Sociology | The Social Life of Land Workshop | 2019 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ccss grant | |
Wendy | Wolford | Development Sociology | Rethinking Development: Debating New Directions in a Time of Crisis | 2011 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ccss grant | |
Joshua | Woodard | Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management | Farm Bill Dairy Title Milk Producer Survey in NY State | 2013 | Fall | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | ccss grant | |
Mary N. | Woods | Architecture | Unpacking the Nano: The Price of the World's Most Affordable Car | 2010 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Architecture Art and Planning | ccss grant | |
Kaitlin | Woolley | Johnson Graduate School of Management | How Incentivizing Reviews Bias User-Generated Content | Woolley’s 2020-2021 fellowship resulted in several working papers on the relationship between intrinsic motivation and resource allocation, including a publication on how time resources shape intrinsic motivation that was conditionally accepted in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. |
2019 | Spring | PI | Cornell SC Johnson College of Business | ccss grant |
David | Yankelevitz | Radiology | Risk Communication and Lung Cancer Screening | Led to one conference presentation and an NIH grant proposal, which was not funded. | 2007 | Fall | Co-PI | Weill Cornell Medicine | ccss grant |
So-Yeon | Yoon | Design and Environmental Analysis | Immersive Discrete Choice Experiments for the Analysis of Time Perceptions in Crowded Environments | 2019 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant | |
So-Yeon | Yoon | Design and Environmental Analysis | The Impact of Noise and Perceived Crowding on Consumer Emotions and Repatronage Intentions in a Food Service Context: An Exploratory Study in a Real and Virtual Restaurant | 2015 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant | |
Jay | Yoon | Design and Environmental Analysis | Roles of Positive Emotions in Human-Product Interactions | 2020 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Human Ecology | ccss grant | |
Erin | York Cornwell | Sociology | The Cornell Criminal Records Panel Survey (CCRPS): Sample Expansion and Linkage to Administrative Records | This grant supported participant recruitment for the CCRPS, as well as coding of administrative data. This helped us to gain funding from the Department of Labor for the development and fielding of the Wave 2 survey (EO-30278-17-60-5-36; $244,603). | 2016 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Erin | York Cornwell | Sociology | Changes in Social Contact Due to COVID-19 and Implications for Health and Well-Being of Older Adults | 2021 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Cristobal | Young | Sociology | Millionaire Migration after the Trump Tax Bill | 2020 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Y. Connie | Yuan | Communication | Expertise Recognition in Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Groups: The Impact of Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication | This project has resulted in 5 publications examining cross-cultural dynamics in group collaboration, with a focus on expertise recognition, communication accommodation, influence processes, and language proficiency. |
2010 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | ccss grant |
Y. Connie | Yuan | Communication | The Development of Social Capital and Transactive Memories Systems in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work | 2005 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Meltem | Yucel | Psychology | Effect of Gossip on Children's Well-being and Belonging | 2020 | Fall | Co-PI | University of Virginia | ccss grant | |
Jiwon | Yun | Linguistics | What are the Pieces of Language Knowledge? | 2009 | Spring | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Effect of Gossip on Children's Well-being and Belonging | 2020 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant | |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Social Affiliation and Music-Induced Synchrony in Dance | Prior support led to 1 paper and two papers in preparation, 2 pop press pieces, 2 chaired symposia, and 3 posters (awarded the SPSP Student Poster Award (1st place). | 2016 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Platonic Friendship and Social Olfactory Cues in Human Body Odor | Prior support led to 4 conference talks and 3 poster presentations. | 2012 | Spring | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Vivian | Zayas | Psychology | Adult Attachment: Integrating Social, Cognitive, and Neurophysiological Approaches | Prior support led to an edited book, 8 papers, 3 pop press pieces, 9 chaired symposia, and 1 NSF grant. | 2007 | Fall | PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Draga | Zec | Linguistics | The interaction of syntax, semantics, and prosody in Slovenian | Formed a partial underpinning of several papers, including “Getting in the first word” Glossa 2.1 2017. | 2010 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
Draga | Zec | Linguistics | Support for Organizing a Workshop on Grammar Induction | 2009 | Fall | Co-PI | Cornell College of Arts and Sciences | ccss grant |
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